ὑστερέω
Etym. ὕστερος
I. "to be behind or later, come late", Hdt., attic
II. c. gen. rei, "to come later than, come too late for", ὑστέρησαν ἡμέρῃ μιῇ τῆς συγκειμένης "came" one day "after" the appointed day, Hdt.; τῆς Μυτιλήνης ὑστερήκει "had come too late" to save Mytilene, Thuc.; ὑστ. τῆς πατρίδος "to fail to assist" it, Xen.
2. c. gen. pers. "to come after" him, id=Xen.; also c. dat. "to come too late" for him, Thuc.
III. metaph. "to come short of, be inferior to", τινός Plat., etc.
IV. "to come short of, fail to obtain":—so in Mid., ὑστερεῖσθαί τινος NTest.
2. absol. "to be in want", id=NTest.
V. of things, "to fail, be wanting", Lat. deficere, id=NTest.